Spaceflight Now: STS-106 Mission Report

STS-106 Deorbit and Landing Opportunities
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Posted: September 19, 2000


Latest entry predictions


The following deorbit and landing times for shuttle mission STS-106 have been updated through orbit 186. Subsequent times are approximate. The orbit number refers to the shuttle's location at the time of deorbit ignition.
         
Date Orbit Deorbit
Burn
Landing
Time
Landing
Site
         
09/20/00 185 02:49:17 AM 03:56:24 AM KSC
186 04:26:34 AM 05:32:50 AM KSC
187 06:00:00 AM 07:03:00 AM EAFB*
188 07:36:00 AM 08:40:00 AM EAFB*
 
09/21/00 200 01:53:00 AM 02:56:00 AM KSC
201 03:29:00 AM 04:32:00 AM KSC
202 05:00:00 AM 06:03:00 AM EAFB
203 06:36:00 AM 07:39:00 AM EAFB
 
09/22/00 216 02:28:00 AM 03:32:00 AM KSC
217 03:59:00 AM 05:03:00 AM EAFB
04:05:00 AM 05:08:00 AM KSC
218 05:35:00 AM 06:39:00 AM EAFB
         
*Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., will not be used for a 9/20 landing.


Entry timeline


Deorbit Timeline

Shuttle Landing Weather Links


Ground track
See the path Atlantis will take on its return to Earth with our STS-106 Landing Tracker.

KSC Orbit 185 - touchdown in Florida at 0756 GMT.


At a glance
Vehicle: Atlantis (OV-104)
Payload: ISS 2A.2b
Launch date: Sept. 8, 2000
Launch time: 1245:47.066 GMT (8:45:47.066 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Landing date: Sept. 20, 2000
Landing time: 0756 GMT (3:56 a.m. EDT)
Landing site: SLF, KSC
Crew: Wilcutt, Altman, Lu, Malenchenko, Morukov, Mastracchio, Burbank

Flight Data File
Quick look data - Facts, figures and important information about the mission.

Flight plan - A detailed day-by-day timetable of the major mission events based on NASA's official flight plan.

Landing opportunities - The available deorbit and landing options to bring Atlantis home, plus entry timeline.

NASA TV - The schedule for NASA TV programming during the STS-106 mission.

Tracking spacecraft - Latest orbital data for tracking the shuttle, station and other satellites on your computer.

The crew - Meet the seven astronauts who will fly aboard shuttle Atlantis.

Space demographics before and after - How the space explorers numbers will stack up before and after STS-106.



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